Despite a letter sent by the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin in which he committed in writing to several announcements made during his previous trip to Mayotte, on February 11, members of collectives having erected roadblocks to protest against the immigration and insecurity refuse to lift them.
The Minister of Overseas Territories Marie Guévenoux and the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin had responded to some of the demands of these collectives, announcing in particular the coming end of land rights on the island and that of territorialized residence permits.
“I very clearly regret the fact that a certain number of individuals continue to man the roadblocks.
We must be very clear on the fact that these dams harm the situation of Mayotte, they harm the people of Mahor,” declared Marie Guévenoux this Tuesday, back on the island, leaving the prefecture, after a steering committee of state services.
“To regain the ground, we must remove the roadblocks”
According to her, these blockades “harm security” because the police “cannot act as much as they would like on delinquency, on immigration”.
“To reclaim the land, we must remove the roadblocks,” she added, also referring to the problems with the health and food supply of the Mahorais caused by the situation.
Asked about the establishment of a state of emergency in Mayotte, a new demand from the roadblockers, she estimated that “it would not have much effect” on the situation.
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Mayotte has been paralyzed for more than a month by roadblocks initially installed by citizen groups protesting against the security situation on the island, plagued by recurring violence by gangs of young people, and against illegal immigration mainly from Neighboring Comoros.
On Monday, more than 300 migrants, mostly from Great Lakes Africa, were evacuated from Mayotte.
The latter obtained asylum and flew towards mainland France, where they will be welcomed in a place near Paris,